College Guides 2009: Amanda Abadi of UT is our winner
November 4, 2009 at 4:59 pm by David Warner
Thousands voted, but only one of our College Guide contestants could win it all: Amanda Abadi of the University of Tampa.
Her inventive video — which we refer to informally as “Crocodile Dundee Meets UT” — drew 6,694 votes in our College Guides 2009 contest. (Watch the video after the jump.) Readers were asked to choose their favorite entry from a collection of videos, photos and essays created by seven students as portraits of their respective schools.
Amanda is a second-year MBA student at UT, which she also attended as an undergrad; all that experience must have helped, because her video takes in just about every corner of campus life. Her camera follows “Dingo Dundee” (played by student actor Hector Flores) as he searches the campus for the elusive UT mascot Spartacus (not to be confused with Kirk Douglas). The result is funny, surprising and thorough; we think UT ought to consider using it as an admissions video.
As the winner, Amanda receives $500 worth of CL Deals gift certificates, plus a briefcase loaded with CL goodies — and, of course, the title of CL College Guide 2009.
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